This excellent CD features the great swing trumpeter
Roy Eldridge shortly after the breakup of the
Gene Krupa Orchestra.
Eldridge is heard leading his own recording groups (mostly big bands) and, although his own orchestra never really caught on, the trumpet solos are always quite exciting. This CD skips over five of
Eldridge's Decca sides (it should have been a "complete" set) but does include three previously unissued performances plus a recently discovered jam on "Christopher Columbus" from 1936. ~ Scott Yanow